Assignments
Standards
Week of:
Lessons
Themes/Concepts
Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov
Synopsis and PowerPoint Comparative Analysis
Response/Discussion
RWSL:1.3.11;1.5.11;1.6.11
H:8.4.11
WL:2.1.11;4.2.11
Q3
Short Stories and Poems:
Pushkin: The Undertaker; Queen of Spades; The Duel; Ruslan and Ludmila...et.al.
Gogol: Overcoat
Chekhov: The Bet; The Grasshopper; The Darling
World Literature and Connections
Isolation/Social Awareness and Responsibility/Boundaries
Mindfulness and Vantage Points
What kind of behaviors can exist under the surface of civilized and cultured politeness?
How does Truth relate to civility?
Connections
Tolstoy Packet/Response
PowerPoint
RWSL:1.3.11;1.4.11
1.5.11;1.8.11
WL:2.1.11
April 25-29
Tolstoy: God Sees the Truth, but Waits, Alyosha the Pot, Love, and Prisoner of the Caucuses
Tragic hero; free will vs. fate; motivation; divine right; When do virtues become vices?
Bunin Packet/Response

Kafka Packet/Response
PowerPoint
RWSL:1.3.11;1.5.11;1.6.11
H:8.4.11
WL:2.1.11;4.2.11
May 2-6
Bunin: Light Breathing
Kafka: Metamorphosis synopsis, and selected short stories
Tragic hero; free will vs. fate; motivation; divine right of kings
When does Ambition cease to be a virtue?
Extrapolation Project
Presentations
RWSL:1.3.11;1.5.11;1.8.11
H:8.4.11
WL:2.1.11
May 9-13

Isolation/Social Awareness and Responsibility/Boundaries
Mindfulness and Vantage Points
What kind of behaviors can exist under the surface of civilized and cultured politeness?
How does Truth relate to civility?
Connections
Lecture tests
Friedemann
Literary Criticism Text
RWSL:1.3.11;1.6.11
AH:9.1.11
H:8.4.11
WL:4.2.11
May 16-20
Thomas Mann Little Herr Friedemann;
Nietzsche and Schopenhauer
Philosophical Influences in Literature; Identifying contextual influences
Connections
Connection Response
RWSL:1.3.11;1.5.11;1.6.11
H:8.4.11
WL:2.1.11;4.2.11
May 23-27
Bulgakov's Master and Margarita
Stalin; Paranoia; Satire; Technique

PowerPoint Presentation
Connection Map
Learned Response
Quote Response
RWSL:1.6.11
May 30-June 7
Become the Book Project and Presentations
Connection Map; What I've Learned Response; Quote Response
Bringing it all together and making Connections